Codelco like the rest of the world’s Tier 1 miners is betting on zero emission mining trucks and was a founder member of Komatsu’s GHG Alliance. The largest copper producer in the world and the main Chilean state-owned company says it it accelerating its path towards carbon neutrality by 2050, seeking to eliminate diesel from[…]
Emmerson, the Moroccan focused potash development company, has awarded the balance of the Basic Engineering scope of the Khemisset Potash Project in northern Morocco outside of the Mineral Processing Facility to Reminex SA, the engineering arm of the Moroccan mining company Managem Group. The Basic Engineering package for the Mineral Processing Facility was awarded to[…]
EQ Resources Ltd says it has successfully secured A$600,000 ($422,386) in co-investment from the Australian Federal Government’s Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC) via the A$30 million Commercialisation Fund. Combined investment from EQ Resources, its partners and AMGC, totalling A$1.97 million, will assist in commercialising industrial-scale operations for advanced minerals processing flowsheet developed for the Mt[…]
In a quarter characterised by high customer activity and a strong demand for aftermarket services, Epiroc had another reason to be positive with the validation of its 2030 sustainability goals by the influential Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Further records were broken in the December quarter – this time it was revenue (coming in at[…]
Anglo American’s automation plans for its Quellaveco mine in Peru are starting to take shape, with its first automated trucks having started up in “pre-mining” mode last year and now automation-ready drills on site ahead of first ore production later this year. The company’s most digital and autonomous mine yet, Quellaveco is expected to produce[…]
Anax Metals Limited has appointed Gekko Systems as process plant design consultant to assist with the design process of a polymetallic sulphide concentrator plant at the Whim Creek copper mine in Western Australia, Gekko says. The concentrator plant will be designed to process approximately 320,000 t/y of pre-concentrate, with feedstock for the concentrator consisting of[…]
The technology group Wärtsilä will supply a 7.8 MW/7.8 MWh energy storage system to a leading gold mining company to help achieve its climate targets and decarbonisation goals at a mine in Suriname. This is the first utility-scale energy storage system to be built in Suriname and Wärtsilä’s first energy storage project in the country.[…]
Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd and Rogers Business have announced the launch of a 5G Wireless Private Network (WPN) at Kirkland Lake Gold’s Detour Lake Mine, the second-largest gold producing mine in Canada. Detour Lake is the first of its kind in Canada to be fully connected over a 5G Wireless Private Network, providing enhanced coverage,[…]
Teck Resources today announced an agreement with Caterpillar Inc to work towards deploying 30 of Caterpillar’s zero-emissions large haul trucks at Teck mining operations. Decarbonising Teck’s vehicle fleet represents a significant reduction in Scope 1 emissions as Teck works towards its goals to reduce the carbon intensity of its operations by 33% by 2030 and be[…]
Infor, the industry cloud company, says its artificial intelligence (AI) solutions are helping Kal Tire’s Mining Tire Group greatly improve customer service and safety in its global mining business. Kal Tire is Canada’s largest independent tyre dealer and one of North America’s largest commercial tyre dealers. In addition, Kal Tire’s Mining Tire Group is an international[…]